Audio from AFSC

This audio is from a brief interview with Wilmer and Joan Tjossem in January 2012. Below and linked here is Wilmer's obituary from the Des Moines Register. Also below are two of Wilmer's reflections about AFSC and his long career as an AFSC fundraiser.

The small group social change ministry model, inspired by Parker Palmer’s “Circles of Trust,” comes from the work of UU ministers and congregations in the Denver area doing powerful social justice work.

AFSC Friends Relations, in an effort to create more substantial engagement between Friends and AFSC, is looking for 5-10 volunteers to pilot this model in their Quaker meeting/church.

We summarize last week’s activities; announce upcoming events for next week; and comment on the Senate vote against Fast Track, the political finance connections of the massive financial subsidy from the State of Ohio to Marathon corporation, tax breaks to the richest Ohioans in the passed House budget, a proposed Ohio "poll tax" that would disproportionally affect youth, low income and people of color, and how democratizing money creation could prevent more Amtrak derailments and infrastructure deterioration disasters.

We summarize last week’s activities; announce upcoming events for next week; and comment on the political pressure on Congress to support Fast Track and the TPP, the just passed Senate-House federal budget, and the latest figures on the income of the wealthiest 400 Americans.

Interview of Anita T., National Committee Coordinator of Hip Hop Congress, on the commercialization of Hip Hop culture, Hip Hop and rap music, community efforts to recapture Hip Hop, and the joint Hip Hop Congress-Move to Amend traveling “What the BLEEP Happened to Hip Hop” ,conferences, including one planned for July in Cleveland, her home town.

We summarize last week’s activities; announce upcoming events for next week; and comment on over 2000 groups who now oppose and are working against Fast Track and the Trans Pacific Partnership, a judge who ruled that Vermont law protecting human rights over corporate rights is legitimate, more evidence of how money pollutes politics and elections, the just introduced We the People bill in Congress that would end corporate personhood and money as speech, and a Baltimore corporate executive who accurately reflects on the economic and political roots of the tragedies there…and what may c

We summarize last week’s activities; announce upcoming events for next week; and comment on Hillary Clinton's support of a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, how to fund needed infrastructure repairs, IMF warnings of global financial instability, and the latest votes for and opposition to Fast Track and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).

This election season, AFSC will join conversations in the growing congressional and presidential campaigns, with a message of getting money out of politics. Using the tactics of bird dogging and peaceful demonstrations, AFSC staff and volunteers will insist that our politicians address the issue of corporate money and politics, and help provide alternatives. Arnie Alpert, Co-Director of AFSC's New Hampshire program, presented on the "Governing under the Influence" campaign, and how Quakers can get involved.

We summarize last week’s activities; announce upcoming events for next week; and comment on a new report documenting multinational corporations dodging billions in U.S. taxes, the death of Eric Harris by a man who contributed to the Tulsa police department for the chance to play cop, the postal pilot who flew on the Capital lawn for campaign finance reform, why GE corporation is leaving the profitable banking business, and a call to stop the just-introduced Fast Track TPP bill.

Eric Miranda tells his young daughter two things every morning when he drops her off at school: “Be a leader, and do the right thing.” If he forgets, she reminds him. No wonder she’s on the dean’s list and praised for her leadership skills.

Who we are

AFSC is a Quaker organization devoted to service, development, and peace programs throughout the world. Our work is based on the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. Learn more

Where we work

AFSC has offices around the world. To see a complete list see the Where We Work page.